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Have you been thinking about bringing a new family member under the roof? Don’t have kids, adopt dogs!! They are loyal, relatively inexpensive, usually not that picky, they go the bathroom outside, and they hold every word in total confidence!! Check out some of the beautiful boys and girls ready for a nice long life […]
The catastrophic loss of manufacturing operations, and jobs, in Western New York continues. Nearly a year after the Siemens facility(previously Dresser-Rand) in Wellsville closed, the German based international corporation alerted the NYS Department of Labor that the Olean facility will do the same. A total of 421 jobs will be lost, with the first round […]
2021 marks the 57th year since the Community Action Network was established to help American families and communities overcome obstacles to poverty. Over 1000 agencies across the country are working every day to create opportunities and transform the lives of their neighbors making communities stronger and helping families across the United States thrive. This year, ACCORD […]
Allegany County got real wet Thursday as heavy rain filled creeks, gulches, streams…. and basements. This image from Elm Valley shows the Dyke Creek flowing mightily toward Andover, from the drone specialists at Genesee Valley Media. Our wonderful sponsors, The Hann Homestead Inn, is located nearby and they noted ‘Hey that’s our fishing hole!!!” The […]
Citizens and farmers on tractors gathered outside the Allegany County Courthouse this morning to send a message: Using eminent domain powers to take viable farmland from working farms to be converted into a for-profit factory is unjust. The farmers who own the cropland that will be taken by legal force are clearly ready to keep […]
Local Non-Profit Supports Small Business Owners Throughout the COVID Pandemic Painted Post, NY: IncubatorWorks developed resources and systems that encouraged small businesses to survive while most others struggled to stay afloat throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. In the last year, IncubatorWorks provided support and resources to entrepreneurs and small business owners in and around New York […]
Kathy and Mike Gallagher, are opening a new store called Gracie’s Primitives, located at 21 E State St, Suite 5 (LaGra Salon Plaza) Wellsville, NY. The first day of business will be this Saturday, May 1st, 10am- 4pm. Gracie’s is a primitive home decor shop that sells the most up to date home trends in […]
From Wellsville to Buffalo, the pandemic has been a historic challenge for the food service industry. Many kitchens closed down last spring and will never re-open. For the restaurants who survived, the reality of the post-Covid labor market threatens to prevent the recovery so many have waited for. Since mid-2020 the federal government has adopted […]
All your Allegany County Legislators that are finishing up their first term have been on a learning curve. From my point of view, the curve was real. Even with my Town Board and business experience, I learned a lot in the last four years. I think the other Freshman Legislators would agree. The biggest part […]
The Oilman’s Mercantile will be a specialty grocery store focusing on local products, Maple Syrup, Honey and honeycomb, beeswax, cheese curd, etc. Owner Jessie Davison explains how the business idea formed: “My son was diagnosed with Celiac’s and my husband and I realized we weren’t the only ones in the area that needed more options […]